diff --git a/src/libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Abstractions/ref/Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Abstractions.cs b/src/libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Abstractions/ref/Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Abstractions.cs
index 74cdd5589db98..c743a37346c22 100644
--- a/src/libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Abstractions/ref/Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Abstractions.cs
+++ b/src/libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Abstractions/ref/Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Abstractions.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ public static partial class ConfigurationExtensions
         public static System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<System.Collections.Generic.KeyValuePair<string, string>> AsEnumerable(this Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.IConfiguration configuration, bool makePathsRelative) { throw null; }
         public static bool Exists(this Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.IConfigurationSection section) { throw null; }
         public static string GetConnectionString(this Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.IConfiguration configuration, string name) { throw null; }
+        public static Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.IConfigurationSection GetRequiredSection(this Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.IConfiguration configuration, string key) { throw null; }
     }
     public static partial class ConfigurationPath
     {
diff --git a/src/libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Abstractions/src/ConfigurationExtensions.cs b/src/libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Abstractions/src/ConfigurationExtensions.cs
index ae620c77c2dd4..0618e9b018e41 100644
--- a/src/libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Abstractions/src/ConfigurationExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Abstractions/src/ConfigurationExtensions.cs
@@ -81,5 +81,31 @@ public static bool Exists(this IConfigurationSection section)
             }
             return section.Value != null || section.GetChildren().Any();
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets a configuration sub-section with the specified key.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="configuration"></param>
+        /// <param name="key">The key of the configuration section.</param>
+        /// <returns>The <see cref="IConfigurationSection"/>.</returns>
+        /// <remarks>
+        ///     If no matching sub-section is found with the specified key, an exception is raised.
+        /// </remarks>
+        /// <exception cref="System.InvalidOperationException">There is no section with key <paramref name="key"/>.</exception>
+        public static IConfigurationSection GetRequiredSection(this IConfiguration configuration, string key)
+        {
+            if (configuration == null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(configuration));
+            }
+
+            IConfigurationSection section = configuration.GetSection(key);
+            if (section.Exists())
+            {
+                return section;
+            }
+
+            throw new InvalidOperationException(SR.Format(SR.InvalidSectionName, key));
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Abstractions/src/Resources/Strings.resx b/src/libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Abstractions/src/Resources/Strings.resx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..44a3123024f0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Abstractions/src/Resources/Strings.resx
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<root>
+  <!-- 
+    Microsoft ResX Schema 
+    
+    Version 2.0
+    
+    The primary goals of this format is to allow a simple XML format 
+    that is mostly human readable. The generation and parsing of the 
+    various data types are done through the TypeConverter classes 
+    associated with the data types.
+    
+    Example:
+    
+    ... ado.net/XML headers & schema ...
+    <resheader name="resmimetype">text/microsoft-resx</resheader>
+    <resheader name="version">2.0</resheader>
+    <resheader name="reader">System.Resources.ResXResourceReader, System.Windows.Forms, ...</resheader>
+    <resheader name="writer">System.Resources.ResXResourceWriter, System.Windows.Forms, ...</resheader>
+    <data name="Name1"><value>this is my long string</value><comment>this is a comment</comment></data>
+    <data name="Color1" type="System.Drawing.Color, System.Drawing">Blue</data>
+    <data name="Bitmap1" mimetype="application/x-microsoft.net.object.binary.base64">
+        <value>[base64 mime encoded serialized .NET Framework object]</value>
+    </data>
+    <data name="Icon1" type="System.Drawing.Icon, System.Drawing" mimetype="application/x-microsoft.net.object.bytearray.base64">
+        <value>[base64 mime encoded string representing a byte array form of the .NET Framework object]</value>
+        <comment>This is a comment</comment>
+    </data>
+                
+    There are any number of "resheader" rows that contain simple 
+    name/value pairs.
+    
+    Each data row contains a name, and value. The row also contains a 
+    type or mimetype. Type corresponds to a .NET class that support 
+    text/value conversion through the TypeConverter architecture. 
+    Classes that don't support this are serialized and stored with the 
+    mimetype set.
+    
+    The mimetype is used for serialized objects, and tells the 
+    ResXResourceReader how to depersist the object. This is currently not 
+    extensible. For a given mimetype the value must be set accordingly:
+    
+    Note - application/x-microsoft.net.object.binary.base64 is the format 
+    that the ResXResourceWriter will generate, however the reader can 
+    read any of the formats listed below.
+    
+    mimetype: application/x-microsoft.net.object.binary.base64
+    value   : The object must be serialized with 
+            : System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter
+            : and then encoded with base64 encoding.
+    
+    mimetype: application/x-microsoft.net.object.soap.base64
+    value   : The object must be serialized with 
+            : System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Soap.SoapFormatter
+            : and then encoded with base64 encoding.
+
+    mimetype: application/x-microsoft.net.object.bytearray.base64
+    value   : The object must be serialized into a byte array 
+            : using a System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter
+            : and then encoded with base64 encoding.
+    -->
+  <xsd:schema id="root" xmlns="" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:msdata="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-msdata">
+    <xsd:import namespace="http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace" />
+    <xsd:element name="root" msdata:IsDataSet="true">
+      <xsd:complexType>
+        <xsd:choice maxOccurs="unbounded">
+          <xsd:element name="metadata">
+            <xsd:complexType>
+              <xsd:sequence>
+                <xsd:element name="value" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" />
+              </xsd:sequence>
+              <xsd:attribute name="name" use="required" type="xsd:string" />
+              <xsd:attribute name="type" type="xsd:string" />
+              <xsd:attribute name="mimetype" type="xsd:string" />
+              <xsd:attribute ref="xml:space" />
+            </xsd:complexType>
+          </xsd:element>
+          <xsd:element name="assembly">
+            <xsd:complexType>
+              <xsd:attribute name="alias" type="xsd:string" />
+              <xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string" />
+            </xsd:complexType>
+          </xsd:element>
+          <xsd:element name="data">
+            <xsd:complexType>
+              <xsd:sequence>
+                <xsd:element name="value" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" msdata:Ordinal="1" />
+                <xsd:element name="comment" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" msdata:Ordinal="2" />
+              </xsd:sequence>
+              <xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string" use="required" msdata:Ordinal="1" />
+              <xsd:attribute name="type" type="xsd:string" msdata:Ordinal="3" />
+              <xsd:attribute name="mimetype" type="xsd:string" msdata:Ordinal="4" />
+              <xsd:attribute ref="xml:space" />
+            </xsd:complexType>
+          </xsd:element>
+          <xsd:element name="resheader">
+            <xsd:complexType>
+              <xsd:sequence>
+                <xsd:element name="value" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" msdata:Ordinal="1" />
+              </xsd:sequence>
+              <xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string" use="required" />
+            </xsd:complexType>
+          </xsd:element>
+        </xsd:choice>
+      </xsd:complexType>
+    </xsd:element>
+  </xsd:schema>
+  <resheader name="resmimetype">
+    <value>text/microsoft-resx</value>
+  </resheader>
+  <resheader name="version">
+    <value>2.0</value>
+  </resheader>
+  <resheader name="reader">
+    <value>System.Resources.ResXResourceReader, System.Windows.Forms, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</value>
+  </resheader>
+  <resheader name="writer">
+    <value>System.Resources.ResXResourceWriter, System.Windows.Forms, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</value>
+  </resheader>
+  <data name="InvalidSectionName" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Section '{0}' not found in configuration.</value>
+  </data>
+</root>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration/tests/ConfigurationTest.cs b/src/libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration/tests/ConfigurationTest.cs
index 40f2b23a9051f..a2f1a09794ddd 100644
--- a/src/libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration/tests/ConfigurationTest.cs
+++ b/src/libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration/tests/ConfigurationTest.cs
@@ -744,6 +744,53 @@ public void SectionWithValueExists()
             Assert.False(sectionNotExists);
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void SectionGetRequiredSectionSuccess()
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var dict = new Dictionary<string, string>()
+            {
+                {"Mem1", "Value1"},
+                {"Mem1:KeyInMem1", "ValueInMem1"},
+                {"Mem1:KeyInMem1:Deep1", "ValueDeep1"}
+            };
+            var configurationBuilder = new ConfigurationBuilder();
+            configurationBuilder.AddInMemoryCollection(dict);
+            IConfigurationRoot config = configurationBuilder.Build();
+
+            // Act
+            var sectionExists1 = config.GetRequiredSection("Mem1").Exists();
+            var sectionExists2 = config.GetRequiredSection("Mem1:KeyInMem1").Exists();
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.True(sectionExists1);
+            Assert.True(sectionExists2);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void SectionGetRequiredSectionMissingThrowException()
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var dict = new Dictionary<string, string>()
+            {
+                {"Mem1", "Value1"},
+                {"Mem1:Deep1", "Value1"},
+            };
+            var configurationBuilder = new ConfigurationBuilder();
+            configurationBuilder.AddInMemoryCollection(dict);
+            IConfigurationRoot config = configurationBuilder.Build();
+
+            Assert.Throws<InvalidOperationException>(() => config.GetRequiredSection("Mem2"));
+            Assert.Throws<InvalidOperationException>(() => config.GetRequiredSection("Mem1:Deep2"));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void SectionGetRequiredSectionNullThrowException()
+        {                      
+            IConfigurationRoot config = null;
+            Assert.Throws<ArgumentNullException>(() => config.GetRequiredSection("Mem1"));           
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void SectionWithChildrenExists()
         {